machismo

On social media, people blamed the swing toward Trump on machismo.

The explanations for this new rightward lean are coming in as fast and hot as the Santa Ana winds: Machismo.

Northwestern University history professor Geraldo Cadava, who has written extensively about Republican Latinos, says he’s “wary of explanations” about Latino male support for Trump “that are about machismo, misogyny and patriarchy — it might be in there, sure. But I’d also want the people making arguments about that to at least consider these more material matters, like the industries where Latino men are overrepresented, like construction and law enforcement. Their leaders are all in on Trump.”

Too many Latino males, the professor said, are “embracing a hyper-individualized sense” of machismo.

Many pundits expect that this election will feature a bigger-than-ever gender gap between women, mobilized to support Vice President Kamala Harris because of her stance on abortion, and men, drawn to Trump’s blustering machismo.